Overview
- Heavy afternoon rain at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center forced play to stop on the uncovered outer courts and the tournament’s live scoring system marked many final-round qualifying matches as “Suspended” on Thursday.
- The US Open issued a revised order of play late Thursday that moves all unfinished and unplayed qualifying matches to Friday with an 11 a.m. ET start and specifies that suspended contests will resume from their existing scores.
- Several matches already completed on Thursday stand in the draw, including wins for Coleman Wong, Tomas Barrios Vera, Gabriela Knutson, and Robin Montgomery, while key suspended matches include Zheng Qinwen vs. Elena Pridankina and Jacob Fearnley vs. Jurij Rodionov.
- The National Weather Service had forecast a 60% chance of showers and issued a flood watch for Queens and the Bronx, and forecasters say Friday offers a smaller but still real risk of showers that could further disrupt the compressed schedule.
- Because qualifying determines the final 16 men’s and 16 women’s spots for the 128-player main draws, finishing matches Friday tightens the turnaround for successful qualifiers and raises concerns about player recovery and scheduling fairness when the main draw begins Sunday.